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Originally Posted by undemi
Jagga, Right, you hit it right on the nail......64MB internal RAM is a really "wimp", read my BB Pearl constant crash story I posted after almost 2 years of usage of the 8100...
Either have more internal RAM or offer the capability of running applications directly from the SD card itself
Then we will see an explosive market of 3rd party software developed for BB, maybe one day it would be able to brew beers
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I definately hear you. I like it to run applications off the MicroSD card as well. Then combine this with MIDP 3.0 - of which RIM is one of the 7 that approved the reference thus far out of the possible 16 members (8 - didn't vote on current process, and 1 - IBM, voted no with comments.)
MIDP 3.0 (JSR 271) info:
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/s...5B48DBB84A1628
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Overview Of JSR 271 : Mobile Information Device Profile 3
This JSR will specify the 3rd generation Mobile Information Device Profile, expanding upon the functionality in all areas as well as improving interoperability across devices, and building upon the success of MIDP2 by enhancing the Profile with the following additions/changes :
* Enable and specify proper behavior for MIDlets on each of CLDC, CDC, and OSGi, including :
o Enable multiple concurrent MIDlets
o Specify proper firewalling, runtime behaviors, and lifecycle management issues for MIDlets
o Enable background MIDlets (faceless MIDlets with no UI)
o Enable auto-launched MIDlets (started at device boot time)
o Enable inter-MIDlet communications
* Enable shared libraries for MIDlets
* Tighten spec in all areas to improve cross-device interoperability
* Increase functionality in all areas, including :
o Improve UI expressability and extensibility
o Better support for devices with larger displays
o Enable MIDlets to draw to secondary display(s)
o Enable richer and higher performance games
o Secure RMS stores
o Removable/remote RMS stores
o IPv6
o Multiple network interfaces per device
* Specify standard ways for doing MIDlet provisioning through other means (e.g. OMA (SyncML) DM/DS, Bluetooth, removable media, MMS, JSR 232, etc.)
* Extensive device capabilities query
* Localization & Internationalization (if appropriate, integrating/augmenting JSR 238 as needed)
A key design goal of MIDP3 will be backward compatibility with MIDP2 content.
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JSR #271 - Mobile Information Device Profile 3
Public Review Ballot:
The Java Community Process(SM) Program - JSRs: Java Specification Requests - results
ME
Dautelle, Jean-Marie Yes
Ericsson AB Yes
IBM No with Comment.
Intel Corp. Yes
Motorola Yes
Nokia Corporation No Vote
Orange France SA No Vote
Philips Electronics UK Ltd No Vote
Qisda Corporation No Vote
Research In Motion, LTD (RIM) Yes
Samsung Electronics Corporation No Vote
Siemens AG Yes
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB No Vote
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Yes
Time Warner Cable Inc. No Vote
Vodafone Group Services Limited No Vote
Now, imagine all those apps running off the MicroSD card, along with the ability to share information between one another (RIM I think may have an upper had here in 2 ways). RIM, I think, already uses 1 JVM on the Firmwares, and can further their presence in the smartphone space because they'll be able to (like others) run applications upon boot.